November 2018 Newsletter
Dear Parents/Carers
Welcome back. Hope you had a lovely break, and a warm welcome to all those joining us this term.
I would like to share with everyone the good news about Kylie's fantastic progress after her catastrophic stroke. She has now been transferred from Exeter to Swindon & is waiting to go to a brain injury rehabilitation centre in Bristol. Nicola & myself visited her over the half term & found her strength & determination inspirational.
This term our topic is Celebrations, Dark & Light. We will be talking to the children about the importance of family and how it plays an integral part of our celebrations at this special time of year and explaining that lots of children don't have a loving family, let alone lots of lovely wrapped presents & food. We will of course be doing lots of crafts ready for the children's own celebrations. We will also be looking at the difference between Dark & Light in all things!
We will be having our own Nativity play for family and friends on Tuesday 18th December. Our year ends with the Christmas party for all Playgroup children on Wednesday 19th December.
The first Consultation Evening will be on Thursday 6th December. Please take this opportunity to come along to Playgroup and have a chat with your child's key person and see what your child has been doing.
Julie would also like to remind everybody, and let the new parents know, that we do like to work with parents and appreciate when parents share exciting things that have happened outside of Playgroup with the key person. If you have any interests or hobbies you would like to share with the children and staff, please feel free to talk to Julie.
We still have our sheets for parents and key persons working together for you to stick photos of family pets, trips to zoos and any other exciting happenings that the children or yourselves would like us to know about. We also have our 'WOW' board for all those milestone awards and certificates to be displayed. This board is for you to share any achievements made outside of Playgroup, favourite pets or people, not just of the children, but anyone in the family. If you have a certificate or a picture you would like to share, we would love to put it on display.
REMINDERS
It is important that all parents/carers ensure they are at Playgroup on time to collect their child.
Collection times are 11.45am for morning sessions and 2.45pm for the afternoon sessions.
Playgroup does not have the capacity after these times to have staff available to look after the children who are still on site. It is also distressing for your child to go out & have to return back in as you are not there but other parents are!
Please note that the decked area where bikes and prams are parked is very slippery at this time of year.
Dates for your diary:
Committee AGM: Wednesday 7th November 2018 @ 7:00pm (letters sent)
Consultation Evening: Thursday 6th December 2018 (details to follow)
Christmas Bazaar: Saturday 24th November 2018 (Time: 12:00 – 2:00)
Nativity Play: Tuesday 18th December 2018 (Time 10:30am)
Christmas Party: Wednesday 19th December 2018 (Time 10:00 – 11:45)
All Children welcome NO normal playgroup session (details to follow)
Playgroup finishes: At 11:45am on Wednesday 19th December 2018
Playgroup Returns: Monday 7th January 2018
Monday 5th Nov – Friday 9th NovMonday 5th Nov – Friday 9th Nov
Sound of the week: F
Colour of the week: Pink
Monday 12th Nov – Friday 16th Nov
Sound of the week: G
Colour of the week: Brown
Monday 19th Nov – Friday 23rd Nov
Sound of the week: H
Colour of the week: Cream
Monday 26th Nov – Friday 30th Nov
Sound of the week: L
Colour of the week: Orange
Monday 3rd Dec – Friday 7th Dec
Sound of the week: M
Colour of the week: White
Monday 10th Dec – Tuesday 18th Dec
Sound of the week: N
Colour of the week: Red